Fertilizer-distributer attachment for plows.



N0. 68I,578. Patented Aug. 27,'I90|.

} J. A. REEvEs. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTEB ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

(Application filed Jan, 22, 1901.)

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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

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JOHN A. REEVES, or connsnouo, NORTH CAROLINA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER ATTACHMENT FOR PLows.

srnorrrca'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,578, dated August 27,1901.

Application filed January 22, 1901. Serial No. 44,281. No model.)

To all whorwit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. REEVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goldsboro, in the county of Wayne and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributer Attachments for Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enro able others skilled in the art to which at appertains to make and use the same.

This invention aims to provide a fertilizerdistributer of novel construction for ready attachment to the beam of any kind of plow or cultivator, and which will admit of the dis tribution of the fertilizer being under control of the operator at all times.

The attachment can be used for planting various kinds of seed, and is so constructed as to assure a delivery of the fertilizer or grain and to previent choking thereof in the hopper.

For a full desciiiptionof-the invention and the merits thereof .andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and draw ings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow,

showing the attachment in position. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of the instrumentalities for adjustably connecting the hopper to the beam of the plow or cultivator. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the hopper and beam.

Fig. a is a horizontal section of the-hopper above the cut-off. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the hopper just below its bottom. Fig.

6 is a detail perspective view of the lower portion of the hopper.

5 Corresponding and likeparts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The attachment is intended for application and use in connection with a plow or cultivator of any pattern or make and for distributing fertilizer or planting seed,as may be requiiod. While the appliance is designed most especially for distributing fertilizers simultaneously with the act of cultivation, it is not the intention to restrict its use in this particular or for fertilizing any special plant. The plowor cultivator illustrated is of common construction and has been selected to demonstrate the workings and manner of securing the attachment to this class of implements. The attachment comprises a hopper'l and adjunctive parts for insuring a positive feed 'of the fertilizer in desired quantity. The outer side 2 is vertical, and the inner side 3 slants and inclines outwardly toward the side I 2 at its lower end, and the front and rear sides 4 are parallel. The hopper may be constructed of any material best adapted for the purpose; but sheet metal is preferred, since it'7o can bebent into the required shape and avoid the formation of a number of joints. The lower end portion of the inclined side 3 of the hopper is bent inward, as shown at 5, and terminates in points 6, which prevent movement of the fertilizer with the agitator 7 when the appliance is in active operation. The

sides 2 and 4 project below the bent end 5 Y and the space inclosed thereby is covered in the rear by a plate 8, which has its edge por- 8o tions flanged and fitted close against the lower edges of the extensions of the sides 2 and 4. A second plate 9 is horizontally disposed adjacent to the bent end 5 and its edge portions. are flanged and secured in any substantial manner to the lower extensions of the sides 2 and a. This horizontal plate 9 constitutes a bottom for the hopper and is formed with an opening 10 for the escape of the fertilizer or other article to be delivered. I A cut-ofi 11 0 operates to regulate the size of the opening 10, so as to control the amount of fertilizer to be distributed in a given time, and, as shown,

' this cut-0E is located between the bent end 5 and the bottom 9 and is held in an adj ust- 5' ed position by means of a bolt or fastening 12, which passes through vertical openings formed in the bent end 5 and the upper portion of the plate 8. A compartment 13 is formed below the bottom 9 by means of the rec clamped by upper and lower bolts 25.

rear plate 8 and the lower extensions of the sides 2 and 4 and receives the fertilizer from the hopper. An opening14 is formed in the lower portion of the side 2 or front wall. of the lower compartment 13 for the escape of the fertilizer, and this opening is controlled by a slide 15, attached to the shortarm of an elbow-lever 16, f ulcrumed to the outer side 2 of the hopper and under controlof the operator by means of a rod 17, which extends within convenient reach of a grip of one of the handles 18 of the plow or cultivator. By operating the rod 17 the slide 15 can be moved so as to close theop'ening 14 or uncover the same to a greater or less extent as may be required. This slide provides another means formed with or applied to one end of the axle,

to which the ground-wheel 20 is secured. As the plow or cultivator is propelled over the ground the wheel 20 is caused to rotate and the agitator vibrated by means of its connection withthe wheel in the manner stated, thereby insuring a positive distribution of the fertilizer or article to be delivered.

A frame 23 has adjustable connection with the beam 24 and is of approximately U form, being constructed'of a bar of metal having its end portions bent in the same direction, so as to receive between them the beam 24, against the sides of which its vertical members are These bolts 25 pass through selected openings of a series 26, formed in the vertical members .of the frame 23 in transverse alinement, thereby admitting of the vertical adjustment of the frame 33, so as to elevate or lower the groundwheel 20,- according to the style of implement towhich the attachment isapplied or according as it may be desired to raise or lower the frontend of the beam 2t. It is evident that the frame 23 is also adjustable with the beam 24 to accommodate the hopper and admit of its attachment to the beam 2 in any desired position. A brace 27 extends from the frame 23 to the hopper and its front end is mounted upon one of the bolts 25.

The instrumentalities for securing the hopper to the beam 24 embrace ahorizontal frame '23 of substantially U form and embracing the side 2 and the front and rear sides 4:, to whichit is bolted or firmly attached in any selected way, the inner or free-end portions 'of the members of the frame being adapted to overlap the top side of the beam it. A hanger 20 of U form is pendent from the side members of the frame 28 and is designed to I come between the hopper and a side of the beam 24:. A brace or stay-frame 30 is horizontally arranged and is adapted to come beneath the lower edge of the beam 2& and forms a support for the hopper and prevents inward movement thereof at i-tsilower end.

This brace or stay-frame 30 is of U form, and its parallel members are slotted, as shown at 31, to receive the clamp-bolts 32 and 33, by

means of which the beam 24 is clamped be This construction admits of the hopper being adjusted laterally and secured to a beam-24 of any vertical and transverse extent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is+ 1. An attachment for plows and culti vators of the character described, comprising a hopper having its inner side slanting outwardly at its lower end and having the lower end portion ot the slanting side inwardly bent, a bottom secured at one end to the bent terminal of the slanting side and formed with a discharge-opening,- a c'ompartmentbelow said bottom and having a dischargeopening in its outer side and having its rear wall inclined outwardly and downwardly, ,a cut-ofli between the bottom and bent end of the slanting side, and a fastening for connecting said bent end of the slanting side, the adjacent end of the bottom and the cut-off when moved to an adjusted position, substantially as set forth. i i

2. In an attachment for plows and cultiva-' tors of the character described, a hopper havingra slanting side terminating in an inwardly-bent end provided with points and having a discharge-opening in its bottom, and an agitator operating ,through the discharge0pening of the bottom to loosen the fertilizer or article to be distributed, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a hopper having the lower end portion of a side inwardly bent to overlap the bottom, which latter is provided rid with a discharge-opening, a cut-off, a bolt v passing through the bent end of a side of the hopper and serving to secure the cut-off in an adjusted position, and an agitator mounted upon the said bolt, and means for imparting a vibratory movement to the agitator, substantially as set forth.

4. In an attachment of the character described for acultivating-plow, a hopper having a slanting side terminating at its lower end in an inwardly-bent portion and having the three remaining sides extended to form a compartment below the bottom of the hop-. per, the front wall of said lower compartment having a discharge-opening, a plate attached to the lower edges of the extensions of the slanting side of the hopper with the adjacent flower compartment, and a cubed for controles1,57e 8 by the said bolt or fastening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OHN A. REEVES.

Witnesses:

H. G. GRADY, CORNELIUS DUNBAR,

sides of the hopper, a bolt or kindred fasten- 1o ing connecting the inwardly-bent end of the end of the plate closing theinner side of the [L. 3.]

ling the disehargeopening in the bottom of the hopper and held in the desired position 

